Photography by William Kleinfelder

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This is a collection of photos, with varying subjects, that i have taken over the past year...your comments are welcome, thanks!

The tree that this cavity burrow is in is located in the front yard of a home close to where I live. The tree is only 2ft from the sidewalk leading to a front door and 10 ft from the house itself. Nature has provided this species with some excellent camouflage and they know how to use it. While she was perched at the entrance of the burrow, I watched this female fluff her feathers so that they extended beyond the edge of the tree's bark. Then she moved backwards so her feathers fanned outward against the bark of the tree, filling in most of the gaps between her and the tree, and allowing her to blend in. See Video of these Owls here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-XPVA276fA

Starting in 2014, I have photographed a pair of Eastern Screech owls and their young in the front yard of a home close to where I live in Cocoa Florida. In 2016 after the pair fledged 3 owlets, the tree in which the cavity resided was blown down during a hurricane. Hoping they would return, the property owner and I built them a new home. We used some circular pieces of plywood, a 4x4, and a dead hollowed-out palm tree that once had a cavity burrow in it. This is a photo of the female occupying her new home. The pair would go on to fledge another three young Screech owls.

A rainy day is not usually what I hope for when I'm headed out for a day of photographing. But a nice sun shower makes for some really interesting photographic opportunities. That is what happened today while photographing this female kingfisher.

The shutter clicking away must have caught Levi's attention, because he stayed focuses on me while making this jump. He did require a slight correction from his handler (Scott) to get back on course, but the end result was a great run and a great picture.

The Pioneer Farm of Twin Falls State Park (WV) is the restored home of the Bowers family. The living history farm appears much as it did when it was built in the 1830's. In 1915 the Bowers expanded the building into a seven room frame house. The addition was built around the original cabin. After the land became part of the park in 1965 it was decided to demolish the structure. During which the original cabin was discovered and preserved. Today, it boasts the title of one of the county’s oldest standing structures. http://www.wklein.smugmug.com

99th Pennsylvania regiment monument is located at Devil's den (Gettysburg battlefield). Little (left) and Big (right) round top are in the background. My great grand-father (henry Hattman) and his brother (Fredrick) were both wounded in the battle.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend! It is such a pleasure watching and photographing these Swallowed-tailed kites. The light has to be just right to capture the red in their eyes, so I was very pleased when saw this shot. 1/3200 F7.1 ISO 640 - Canon 7D mk2 with 500mm

These Swallow-tailed Kites skim their bums across the water to clean up. It is pretty awesome to see and I'm always amazed that they don't crash. The image just after this one shows how they come in with gears up. You can see more shots of these amazing bird at the link below

Just back from a great trip to photograph the burrowing Owls. They don't normally sit in trees but this young one was pretty adventurous. The nice background makes this one of my favorites.You can check out other shots from my recent trip here; https://wklein.smugmug.com/Birds/Burrowing-Owls/ Or through "Burrowing Owls" link below

Sibling rivalry - The young burrowing owls will often attach one another, without provocation. These playful bouts are always entertaining to watch but can be hard to capture. I got lucky and was ready when this WWF action started. Any suggestion for a snappy caption would be appreciated. You can check out other shots from my recent trip here; https://wklein.smugmug.com/Birds/Burrowing-Owls/ Or through "Burrowing Owls" link below

Sibling rivalry - The young burrowing owls will often attack one another, without provocation. These playful bouts are always entertaining to watch but can be hard to capture. I got lucky and was ready when this WWF action started. Any suggestion for a snappy caption would be appreciated. You can check out other shots from my recent trip here; https://wklein.smugmug.com/Birds/Burrowing-Owls/ Or through "Burrowing Owls" link below

We managed to Q (qualify) in level 1 Standard, Jumpers, and Colors, which we were very happy with. Indy's first run (Jackpot) was a little wild and he just took off. Each run after that we did better and better. The 3 first places were a nice bonus.

This is the other half of the pair that I have been photographing since 2014. They female is usually the star, since she sits at the entrance to the cavity burrow, but not this day. Here is a video of him calling back and forth with the female. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADtk37HFmq4

This time of years some of the females are looking a little rough....tattered feather. Those are usually the ones that I will capture a perfect picture of. So when this fine example of a female snail kite made a close pass to the boat, I was pleased. She also spotted a snail and made a quick turn giving me the perfect view.

These guys were making flying thru smoke rings look easy even though the wind was blowing hard giving them very little time to line up. The smoke rings were also breaking up quickly, which added to the challenge. Here is a sequence of shots showing the flying prowess. Click on link below to see the entire sequence. Taken at Saturdays performance

Florida rookery - Watch a steady stream of spoonbills and other species building their nests. Shooting flight shots of these is spoonbills is so much fun! can't wait until the young fledge. That is when it gets challenging, because the are such goofy fliers.